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Nythamar de Oliveira (PUCRS): Rawls’s normative conception of the person: A Kantian reinterpretation. A review of Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy by John Rawls. Robert Nozick and the immaculate conception of the state: An excerpt from Murray Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty. A review of Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics by Elizabeth Campbell Corey. From Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Alan Gross (Minnesota): Habermas, Systematically Distorted Communication, and the Public Sphere. "And to define America, her athletic democracy": Jurgen Habermas on the philosopher and the language shaper, in memory of Richard Rorty. "I’m bringing more people to philosophy": Simon Blackburn has strong views on politics and religion. One of most relevant thinkers you’ve never heard of: A review of The Life and Thought of Hans Jonas: Jewish Dimensions by Christian Wiese. A challenge for philosophy: Penn's Anita Allen is at the top of her field, but she has serious concerns about its lack of openness and diversity.

From New Statesman, a cover story on how to stop climate change, the easy way: Changing your light bulbs may not be enough to save a single polar bear, but there are things we can do collectively - and easily - that will really make a measurable difference in the battle against global warming. A review of The Onion's reference book, Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition. A review of The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need by Chris Turner. From Plenty, Travis Price's The Archaeology of Tomorrow: Architecture & the Spirit of Place makes a case for restoring the green building movement to its spiritual and aesthetic center. But will his ideas take hold? Alain de Botton on Remembrance of Things Built. A review of The World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York by Joseph Berger. A review of Renewable City: A Comprehensive Guide to an Urban Revolution by Peter Droege. Call it New Urbanism, but it's still the oldest way there is to make a city neighborhood. From The New Yorker, is there any hope for the automobile? Elizabeth Kolbert reviews Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future by Iain Carson. Life in the Slow Lane: An article on the potential of a toll booth-free America. An article on why students, schools, and governments should care about mass transit. Oversized and overhyped, the world's biggest plane is here. Is the Airbus 380 the "most hideous airliner ever conceived"?

From The Nation, a review of My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas; Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas by Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher; and The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin. From The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin reviewsMy Grandfather's Son. From Flak, an article on John Roberts and the Supreme Strike Zone; and a look at the unmitigated gall of John Roberts. Who are the bench's judicial activists? Looking at the Supreme Court justices' voting records, the lines between activism and restraint may surprise you. A review of The Supreme Court in the American Legal System by Jeffrey A. Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, and Sara C. Benesh. A review of Law Lit: From Atticus Finch to The Practice: A Collection of Great Writing About the Law.

A review of Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism by James Piereson. A review of The Liberals' Moment: The McGovern Insurgency and the Identity Crisis of the Democratic Party by Bruce Miroff (and more). A review of Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations With Gerald R. Ford. A review of Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope by Jimmy Carter. An interview with Charlie Savage, author of Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy. David Gordon reviewsA Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency by Glenn Greenwald. Joseph Stiglitz on The Economic Consequences of Mr. Bush: The next president will have to deal with yet another crippling legacy of George W. Bush: the economy — a Nobel laureate sees a generation-long struggle to recoup. A review of The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America by Ronald Brownstein. From Vanity Fair, the grand hostesses are history, the president would rather be in bed, and there’s a price tag on every evening these days. Who killed Washington society?